Genesis 11:7-9
21st Century King James Version
7 Come, let Us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off building the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel [that is, Confusion], because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
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Genesis 11:7-9
International Standard Version
7 Come on! Let’s go down there and confuse their language, so that they won’t understand each other’s speech.”
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the whole earth, so that they had to stop building the city. 9 Therefore it was called Babylon,[a] because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the surface of the entire earth.
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- Genesis 11:9 The Heb. name Babel means confusion
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